Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics

Bezos Earth Fund•Washington, DC

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Bezos Earth Fund is committed to rigorous analysis and assessment as it strives for the highest impact nature and decarbonization outcomes. The Earth Fund is looking for a technical lead to support grantmaking teams, and provide analytical and decision support across its grantmaking portfolio. The position requires an adept and experienced researcher with strong analytical skills and a background in decision support around climate and nature strategies. The Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics will collaborate with grant leads across a range of portfolios, bringing an agile and supportive approach, to enhance the impact of the Fund’s work. The position will report to the Chief of Science, Data, and Systems Change and work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead.

Requirements

Master’s Degree or PhD with a strong emphasis on quantitative methods for decision making.
At least 10 years of full-time work experience on climate- and/or nature-related issues.
Demonstrated ability to apply rigorous analysis to inform strategic decisions in real world settings.
Demonstrated experience in GHG impact assessment, technology evaluation, technoeconomic assessment, and/or decision support related to climate or nature.
Proven track record of using quantitative methods to inform strategic decisions around greenhouse gas outcomes and nature protection.
Familiarity with relevant forecasting models around climate and nature (e.g. emissions scenarios) and greenhouse gas accounting methods for a variety of sectors, including the energy and land-use sectors.
Comfort designing, using, and interpreting a variety of quantitative methods in situations of limited data and high uncertainty.
Experience conducting technology assessments, economic assessments, and market analysis for technologies.
Experience assessing policy, regulatory, and market dynamics that influence technology deployment and impact.
Experience conducting structured, forward-looking assessments to inform investment or funding decisions.
The ability to break down and simplify analyses so that they can be easily used by, communicated to, and understood by grant leads and Earth Fund leadership.
An ability to work productively with colleagues who come from different disciplinary backgrounds and who have varying objectives, approaches, and experience with the use of quantitative methods in decision making.
Collaborative working style, proven diplomatic approach, responsive, considerate, flexible, and personable; an enthusiastic and natural team player, with the ability to build trust and work with cross-functional teams in a hybrid environment.
Ability to juggle multiple assignments at one time, often under tight deadlines, and to work with minimal direction and supervision.
Proven ability to deliver high-quality work.
Excellent writing, editing, presentation, and communication skills.
Demonstrated passion for the Bezos Earth Fund’s mission.

Nice To Haves

Interest in, or ideally experience with, leveraging AI to strengthen analytical approaches and decision support.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with grant leads to estimate the impacts of their grant portfolios and strategies, focusing on, but not limited to greenhouse gas emissions reductions and nature outcomes.
Develop an approach and lead technoeconomic assessments of climate and nature interventions, as relevant, evaluating technology readiness, performance potential, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
Support decision making by integrating engineering, economic, and environmental analyses across multiple sectors (e.g. energy, industry, land use).
Provide technology-to-market insights, identifying barriers, enablers, and inflection points for innovation scale-up.
Evaluate risks, uncertainties, and opportunity spaces associated with emerging technologies and interventions.
Assess and develop tools, methods, and data (e.g. standardized scenarios) that can be applied across the Earth Fund’s portfolio to ensure consistency in decision making.
Provide cross-cutting support to incorporate rigorous analytical methods into decision making (e.g. scenario analysis, energy modeling, economic modeling, land use modeling).
Gather and synthesize large external datasets into clear, compelling data products to support decision-making needs.
Provide or commission custom analytical outputs to support staff on topics of strategic importance.
Stay informed of the latest knowledge, analysis, and research related to impact estimation, accounting, and decarbonization and land use outcomes.
Build and maintain an external network to remain up to date on advances in energy policy and climate change and nature analytics and modeling.
Collaborate with grant leads and the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead to assess and communicate the impacts of the Earth Fund’s proposed and existing grants internally and externally.
Serve as an analytical and decision support resource across the Earth Fund team.
Liaise with the Earth Fund communications team, as necessary, to inform storytelling.
Perform other duties as assigned.